Pot times July 17, 2005
Stop Protecting Johns
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n000/a271.htmlNewshawk: Beth
Pubdate: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 STOP PROTECTING JOHNS
Source: Peoria Journal Star (IL)
Copyright: 2005sPeoria Journal Star
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/338
Author: Steven P. Tibbetts
Referenced:
Terry Bibo tells a nice story in her July 13 column, " 'Shaming' has long
history in Peoria," as she educates Chief Settingsgaard about how Peoria
has dealt with prostitution the last decade or so. She seems to approve of
Mr. Sandberg's and Ms. Van Auken's opinion that "shaming"
johns will blow up in the chief's face.
What she fails to mention is the tactics of Chase Ingersoll 10 years ago came
about for the same reason the Peoria police are using its Web site to report
arrests of those soliciting prostitutes: the Journal Star has deemed being
arrested for solicitation as not newsworthy. Unless it is a certain city
councilman who wasn't actually arrested in the first place.
Police don't need to name drug users and sellers and other criminals on their
Web site. Those matters are routinely published in the Journal Star (
sometimes with mug shots ) and aired on local TV and radio news. Perhaps
Ms. Bibo should ponder why the Journal Star, which is usually full of
ideas of how to clean up our city, remains so focused on protecting Peoria's
johns. This Journal Star subscriber would appreciate being educated on
that.
Steven P. Tibbetts
Peoria
